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Post by frantastic on Oct 27, 2018 14:50:29 GMT -6
Fucking Trump just blamed the Temple for not having better security when asked if he should do something about the gun laws. FUCK HIM And “good guys with guns” aka police officers were among the injured.
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Post by frantastic on Oct 27, 2018 14:55:47 GMT -6
Eleven dead.
The sick “silver lining” is that none were children.
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Post by crunch on Oct 27, 2018 16:19:14 GMT -6
A large crowd has gathered for a vigil. People are trying to figure out how best to support the families.
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Post by crunch on Oct 27, 2018 16:19:52 GMT -6
Blood banks have stayed open later
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Post by crunch on Oct 27, 2018 16:33:52 GMT -6
Families that have been affected are at the Jewish community center a few blocks away. Right about now some will be walking to the synagogue for the interfaith vigil.
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Post by starbuck on Oct 27, 2018 16:48:28 GMT -6
Reports are that the shooter believed Jews were responsible for "invaders" aka the migrant caravan.
The events of this week can all be traced directly back to 45's fear mongering and hatred. He may not have built the bombs or pulled the trigger, but he directly fed this atmosphere and inspired these events. First they were emboldened so speak their racism and hate, and now they are emboldened to act. I cannot believe that this is the state of affairs in the US today.
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Post by crunch on Oct 27, 2018 16:53:27 GMT -6
Yup and someone posted his last Facebook post and it was chillingly fucked up.
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Post by bazi on Oct 27, 2018 17:20:27 GMT -6
This is reprehensible.
To our Jewish posters...I hope you are taking care of yourselves emotionally. This is scary and sad...and I’d imagine extremely frustrating when there are people out there claiming anti-semitism is long gone. You are in my thoughts ❤️❤️❤️
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Post by bazi on Oct 27, 2018 17:23:00 GMT -6
I don’t know how many more times I can watch Trump/Breitbart/Fox News peddle this paranoid racist xenophobic shit, and then sit back and shrug when some lunatic takes it seriously and goes on a rampage. Words have meaning. Actions have consequences.
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Post by kitchen on Oct 27, 2018 18:17:01 GMT -6
Fuck everyone who latches on to victim blaming and perpetuates the hateful rhetoric and protects easy access to weapons designed to make this kind of slaughter. I hate this. Our kids deserve so much better than this mess.
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Post by Dr. Cox on Oct 27, 2018 18:38:25 GMT -6
Sending love and support to our Jewish posters. My heart is both angry and broken. Fuck this. This should not be the country we live in.
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Post by roseinbloom on Oct 27, 2018 18:56:31 GMT -6
You all know I lurk here.
The politics board is, outside of my immediate family or a synagogue, the most validating place I’ve ever been as a Jew. I don’t want to comment on what happened, just that I’ve felt care and support here and value your accepting sentiments broadcasted at large with my whole heart. Thank you.
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Post by crunch on Oct 28, 2018 5:04:12 GMT -6
I’m in Pittsburgh this weekend so basically there is no other news reporting right now. I wanted to share that this happened blocks from Mr. Rodgers home. And the news has brought up his quote about looking for the helpers. And there have been so many helpers in squirrel hill since the awfulness.
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Post by crunch on Oct 28, 2018 5:09:54 GMT -6
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Post by crunch on Oct 28, 2018 6:01:07 GMT -6
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Post by doublestuf on Oct 28, 2018 6:28:58 GMT -6
The news keeps saying that this guy was critical of President Trump. But wasn't he critical of him for not doing more/enough hateful things to Jews?
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Post by bazi on Oct 28, 2018 7:21:51 GMT -6
The news keeps saying that this guy was critical of President Trump. But wasn't he critical of him for not doing more/enough hateful things to Jews? Yes
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Post by dreadpirateroberts on Oct 28, 2018 7:51:14 GMT -6
I just want to say I am so sorry to everyone who is personally affected by this. I don’t understand people who have this much hate in them, and I can’t believe that we as a country are allowing these things to continue happening. It just makes my heart ache.
Not too politicize a tragedy but, it just amazes me that this white man murdered 11 people and shot 4 cops and was taken in to custody alive. Yet a black boy can have a toy gun, or just be wearing a hoodie and the police have to kill him because he’s such a threat. But we don’t have a problem with racist police at all.
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Post by enchanted on Oct 28, 2018 8:57:01 GMT -6
I just saw NPR released a story about the victims. The oldest was 97. Two were brothers. Two were a husband and wife.
People magazine is reporting the 97-year-old woman was a Holocaust survivor. 💔
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Post by doublestuf on Oct 28, 2018 8:57:40 GMT -6
The news keeps saying that this guy was critical of President Trump. But wasn't he critical of him for not doing more/enough hateful things to Jews? Yes So then why isn't the media saying that? That is not an opinion. It is a fact. Otherwise people who aren't really all that informed here that snippet and don't connect back to Trump. And the crazy right wingers say "see he didn't even like Trump." I just feel like the media can and should do more. They fall all over certain things (i.e. Kanye) and don't give other things enough full, detailed coverage or actively call him out on all the blatant lies he tells. They need to call him to the carpet every single time he says something factually untrue.
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Post by doublestuf on Oct 28, 2018 9:00:34 GMT -6
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 28, 2018 9:07:41 GMT -6
I just saw NPR released a story about the victims. The oldest was 97. Two were brothers. Two were a husband and wife. People magazine is reporting the 97-year-old woman was a Holocaust survivor. 💔 Cnn is reporting the same. Hhia helped with her resettlement apparently. They were mentioned in the shooters sm. My heart breaks for all those affected. I don’t understand the hate some have in their heart.
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Post by bugglesbee on Oct 28, 2018 9:39:24 GMT -6
As much a Trump bitches about media, they are some of his biggest helpers - before 2016 and still. They simply are not doing enough to call out/correct his lies. They, like him, want ratings. It’s all beyond frustrating and I don’t see it changing - I could actually see it getting worse if midterms go well for the GOP. It’s scary, people watching “main stream” networks think they are informed, but they are just shy of the whole story - like yesterday’s shooter being “critical”.
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Post by bonzo on Oct 28, 2018 10:35:50 GMT -6
I don’t normally post here, but I’m having a hard time processing this. Maybe because I know I’ll be planning a bris next June. Or maybe hormones are making it more difficult than usual. God, the fact that we can say “than usual” and compare this to other shootings. The fact that violence and hate have become so normalized in our society...
H, a friend, and I will be attending an interfaith vigil tonight at one of the local synagogues. I encourage anyone to look into their local interfaith community, since now is truly the time to come together to fight against this kind of hate.
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Post by cnf on Oct 28, 2018 13:26:24 GMT -6
I just saw NPR released a story about the victims. The oldest was 97. Two were brothers. Two were a husband and wife. People magazine is reporting the 97-year-old woman was a Holocaust survivor. 💔 This is so heart breaking on every account, but to survive the Holocaust and then this is your fate? It's so fucking unbelievable. I hate the asshole who did this. I hate Trump and his administration for making people like this feel so empowered to act on this bigotry. This cannot be our path forward in this country. Something has to give.
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Post by classicicedtea on Oct 28, 2018 15:57:00 GMT -6
I’m seeing reports she was not a Holocaust survivor.
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Post by hawkeye2015 on Oct 28, 2018 17:14:07 GMT -6
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Post by oreobitsy on Oct 28, 2018 17:36:26 GMT -6
Years from now, when they write about the Trump years, I hope this is the breaking point where things actually change. Enough is enough.
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Post by richard on Oct 28, 2018 17:46:39 GMT -6
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Post by 4PrivetDrive on Oct 28, 2018 18:56:11 GMT -6
I was reading about them and sobbed.
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